That fight will determine whether the Founders -– or the liberal nut cases who govern the People’s Republic of Maryland -– will dictate the scope of the Second Amendment.

First, a little background.

As you remember, the Supreme Court’s Heller and McDonald cases recognized that the Second Amendment was an individual right -– and that it was a right that applied to the states.

Unfortunately, on page 54 of the Heller decision, the majority opinion suggested that it might uphold some unconstitutional anti-gun laws, in spite of the Second Amendment’s absolute ban on such restrictions.

In effect, the court invited federal courts to apply a “balancing test” to the Second Amendment. And, since that time, the federal courts have upheld a large portion of the unconstitutional gun bans challenged by gun owners.

This is where the Maryland case comes in.

The ironically dubbed “Free State” is, in fact, one of the least free jurisdictions in the country.

On guns, you have to have a permit to carry one. That permit can be denied if you don’t show a “good and substantial purpose.” And whether you have a “good and substantial purpose” is a subjective decision that can be determined in virtually any way Maryland’s anti-gun fruitcakes choose to interpret it.

How does Maryland reconcile that with the Second Amendment?

The answer is that it doesn’t. Its 46-page brief quotes the Second Amendment at the outset and spends the remaining 45 pages talking about something else.

But lawyers are not cheap, and the legal process is not invoked without a substantial expenditure of resources.

This is why we need your help to support our important work in this case.

Please give as generously as you can. And know that we have selected this case because it represents an extreme example of anti-gun repression –- one that should be easy for the courts to strike down.

Know that what happens in this case before the Fourth Circuit and, if necessary, before the Supreme Court, could determine whether the Heller decision has any meaning -– or is just a useless pile of platitudes.